State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) is calling for immediate hearings into the revelations from a recent audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The audit revealed IDES lost…

On the heels of San Francisco voters’ resounding move to reject their progressive District Attorney, State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) is renewing his call for the Illinois House to take…

State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) issued the following statement in response to Governor Pritzker signing Illinois Democrats’ record high spending budget that was jammed through the General Assembly: “The Governor…

While I would like to report that this year we saw the promised “new day” and a bipartisan budget agreement that addresses our long-term structural problems with the state’s finances,…

As part of a tax relief package advanced through the General Assembly last week, language from legislation that was filed by State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) to create the Manufacturing…

Speaking on the House floor, Rep. Tim Butler advances bipartisan legislation, HJR 92, to help the students of Lincoln College continue their studies at other universities and community colleges as…

Today, the Illinois House of Representatives passed legislation co-sponsored by State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) to go after Russia for its unprovoked and brutal invasion of Ukraine and stand with…

State Representative Tim Butler (R-Springfield) and State Senator Sally Turner (R-Beason) issued the following statement after the Lincoln College Board of Trustees abruptly announced that the Lincoln, IL based college…

Today, the Democrat majority in the Illinois House passed legislation, Senate Bill 2803, that puts a tax increase on jobs in Illinois at a time when residents can least afford…

At a press conference calling for the legislature to take action as violent crime continues to rise, State Representative Tim Butler called for the legislature to take up legislation that…